Synopsis: Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say, and she pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers—especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about. With Mami’s determination to force her daughter to obey the laws of the
church, Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. So when she is invited to join her school’s slam poetry club, she doesn’t know how she could ever attend without her mami finding out. But she still can’t stop thinking about performing her poems. Because in the face of a world that may not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to be silent.

Recently, I’ve been finding myself becoming more immersed in the book blogging community and I’ve noticed two increasingly popular trends that I want to get involved in as well! These two trends are Top Ten Tuesday and WWW, which is a weekly meme hosted by Taking On A World Of Worlds, and we’ll get more into that tomorrow! With these new additions to my posting schedule, this is what my weeks will look like if I can find the time and motivation to get the posts out on their due date!

Monday: nothing

Tuesday: TTT

Wednesday: WWW

Thursday: nothing

Friday: a random post

Saturday and/or Sunday: a review

That’s enough for the introduction, let’s just get right into today’s Top Ten Tuesday!

If faced with the question on whether I like more plot or character driven books I would most definitely say character driven. Characters are your thoughts and feelings while reading a book and, depending on how good the book was, continue to live on much past finishing the book or series.

𝓼𝔂𝓷𝓸𝓹𝓼𝓲𝓼: “When Davy Hamilton’s tests come back positive for Homicidal Tendency Syndrome (HTS)-aka the kill gene-she loses everything. Her boyfriend ditches her, her parents are scared of her, and she can forget about her bright future at Juilliard. Davy doesn’t feel any different, but genes don’t lie. One day she will kill someone.

Only Sean, a fellow HTS carrier, can relate to her new life. Davy wants to trust him; maybe he’s not as dangerous as he seems. Or maybe Davy is just as deadly.”

𝓼𝔂𝓷𝓸𝓹𝓼𝓲𝓼: “Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life–dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge–he follows. After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues–and they’re for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees of the girl he thought he knew.” Continue reading “Paper Towns Review”→

When you are abroad you probably don’t want to actually bring a book because of the space it will take up. Two of the most popular choices are ebooks and audiobooks. I personally use both when I am abroad, and have a lot of experience with both. So today I will be comparing the two to help you decide which may be the best for you to use while you’re out! Continue reading “Ebooks vs Audiobooks While Traveling”→